05.06.2013 - 11:20 [ techdirt ]

President Obama Comes Out Strongly Against Patent Trolls; Here Are The Details

The plan is scheduled to be released later today, but we‘ve got a preview of the specific plan, and let‘s take a look at each of the suggestions quickly. I‘m sure we‘ll be discussing the concepts in much more detail for the near future. The plan is split into two different parts: legislative actions (i.e., asking Congress to do something) and executive actions (i.e., ordering administration agencies/departments to do things). Let‘s start with the executive actions, since those are likely to have the more immediate impact.